I know A320 Airbus USA
Edition is an oldie (wasn't it 1993 or so when it saw the
light?), but I only got it some time ago after flying all those
years with the A320 Airbus Europe Edition, where I
sorted out what was there and what wasn't (because the
documentation wasn't 100 % complete). Well, the documentation of
the A320 Airbus USA Edition is even worse - they miss a
lot of information. Therefore I created a file containing the
missing information.

(Note: This
file [was] updated continuously. You won't find any more airports
than I have listed here, but sorting out all the extras is time
consuming!)
At 10/09/98 the whole west coast scenery was checked, but there
may come additions to the east coast scenery.

The following
facilities are not listed, but available:

4

Reno/ Stead

The designator is listed as 4SD

75

Burlington/ Mt. Vernon

The designator is listed as 75S

ACV

Arcata-Eureka

The designator is listed as KACV

BAB

Marysville/ Beale AFB CA

Alt 110 ft

Dep RWY 32

Approx. 42 nm N/ NNE of Sacramento VOR

RWY 14/32 145/325 approx. 2.0 nm lights

- ILS 109.50 145 to RWY 14

- VOR-DME 108.60 Beale/ BAB at field

BFL

Bakersfield Meadows CA

Apart from the listed system:

- ILS-DME 111.95 121 to RWY 12L

CVC

Victorville/ George AFB CA

Alt 2870 ft

Dep RWY 35

In reality the designator is VCV.

Approx. 40 nm E of Palmdale VOR

RWY 03/21 031/211 approx. 1.5 nm no lights

RWY 17/35 166/346 approx. 1.8 nm lights

- ILS 108.70 166 to RWY 17

- VOR-DME 108.60 George/ VCV at field

28.7 nm 132 fm EDW VOR 116.40

31.4 nm 081 fm PMD VOR 114.50

CYMX

Montreal Mirabel Intl.

Alt 270 ft

Dep RWY 24

Approx. 3 nm NNW of Montreal VOR

RWY 06/24 061/241

RWY 11/29 114/294

- ILS 110.90 114 to RWY 11

- ILS 111.30 061 to RWY 06

- ILS 111.70 241 to RWY 24

- VOR-DME 116.30 Montreal/ YUL 5.0 nm 170 fm field
TAWOG

CYOW

Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier Intl.

Alt 370 ft

Dep RWY 32

Approx. 12 nm SE of Ottawa VOR

RWY 07/25 071/251 lights

RWY 14/32 140/320 lights

- ILS 109.50 071 to RWY 07

- ILS 110.30 320 to RWY 32

- VOR-DME 114.60 Ottawa/ YOW 13.0 nm 320 fm field

CYQB

Quebec Jean Lesage Intl.

Alt 240 ft

Dep RWY 06

Approx. 11 nm NE of Quebec VOR

RWY 06/24 063/243

- ILS 109.50 063 to RWY 06

- VOR-DME 112.80 Quebec/ YQB

CYUL

Montreal Dorval Intl.

Alt 110 ft

Dep RWY 06L

Approx. 13 nm SE of Montreal VOR

RWY 06L/24R 059/239 1.6 nm = 2965 m

RWY 06R/24L 059/239

RWY 10/28 104/284

- ILS-DME 109.30 059 to RWY 06L

- ILS 109.90 104 to RWY 10

- ILS 110.50 239 to RWY 24L

- ILS 111.90 239 to RWY 24R

- VOR-DME 116.30 13.2 nm 326 degs

- NDB Montreal/ UL 248.00 LOM to RWY 10 (3.8 nm)

CYVR

Vancouver Intl.

Alt 0 ft

Dep RWY 08

Var 22 E

Approx. 7 nm N of Vancouver VOR

RWY 08/26 079/259 1.6 nm = 2965 m lights

RWY 12/30 121/301 1.1 nm = 2040 m lights

- ILS-DME 109.50 079 to RWY 08

- ILS 110.70 259 to RWY 26

- ILS-DME 111.10 121 to RWY 12

- VOR-DME 115.90 Vancouver/ YVR 6.8 nm 146 fm field

- NDB 266.00 Vancouver/ VR Lctr to RWY 26 Range 80 nm

CYYZ

Toronto Lester B. Pearson Intl.

Alt 560 ft

Dep RWY 33

Var 9 W

RWY 06L/24R 057/237

RWY 06R/24L 057/237

RWY 15/33 147/327

- ILS 109.10 057 to RWY 06R

- ILS 109.30 237 to RWY 24L

- ILS 109.70 057 to RWY 06L

- ILS 110.30 327 to RWY 33

- ILS 110.50 147 to RWY 15

- ILS 111.50 237 to RWY 24R

- VOR-DME 113.30 Toronto/ YYZ at field

- NDB 236.00 J Lctr to RWY 06R Range 60 nm

- NDB 341.00 T Lctr to RWY 06L Range 60 nm

- NDB 347.00 N Lctr to RWY 24L Range 60 nm

- NDB 385.00 X Lctr to RWY 24R Range 60 nm

- NDB K

EDW

Edwards AFB CA

Alt 2300 ft

Dep RWY 22

Approx. 20 nm NNE of Palmdale VOR

RWY 04/22 044/224 approx. 2.7 nm lights

- ILS 110.10 224 to RWY 22

- VOR-DME 116.40 Edwards/ EDW 7.8 nm 042 fm field
TAWOG

FFO

Dayton/ Wright-Patterson AFB OH

Alt 823 ft

Dep RWY 23R

RWY 05L/23R 053/233 12605 ft approx. 2.3 nm

RWY 05R/23L 053/233 4750 ft approx. 1.0 nm

- ILS 109.70 233 to RWY 23R

- VOR-DME 115.20 Patterson/ FFO at field

Approx. 28 nm S of Rosewood/ ROD VOR

HIO

Portland Hillsboro

The designator is listed as KHIO

KADW

Camp Springs/ Andrews AFB MD

Alt 280 ft

Dep RWY 19L

RWY 01L/19R 009/189 approx. 1.7 nm

RWY 01R/19L 009/189 approx. 1.8 nm

- ILS 110.50 009 to RWY 01L

- ILS 111.50 189 to RWY 19R

- VOR-DME 113.10 Andrews/ ADW at field

Approx. 8 nm ESE of Washington/ DCA VOR

KBFI

Seattle Boeing Field

Apart from the listed system:

- ILS-DME 110.95 310 to RWY 31L

KBOS

Boston Logan Intl. MA

Apart from the listed systems:

- ILS-DME 110.75 151 to RWY 15R

- ILS-DME 111.35 093 to RWY 09

KBWI

Baltimore-Washington Intl.

Apart from the listed systems:

- ILS 109.75 282 to RWY 28

KEWR

Newark Intl. NJ

The ILS-DME 108.75 is not on RWY 04L, but on RWY 04R

KIAD

Washington-Dulles Intl.

Apart from the listed systems:

- ILS 109.35 300 to RWY 30

- ILS 110.15 010 to RWY 01R

- ILS 111.35 190 to RWY 19R

KJFK

New York Kennedy Intl.

The ILS for RWY 22R is listed as 109.50, this must be

- ILS-DME 109.55 223 to RWY 22L

- ILS-DME 110.95 223 to RWY 22R

KLAX

Los Angeles Intl.

Apart from the listed systems:

- ILS/DME 108.50 069 to RWY 06L

- ILS/DME 108.55 249 to RWY 24R

- ILS/DME 109.75 249 to RWY 25L

- ILS/DME 111.15 069 to RWY 07R

KMKE

Milwaukee Gen. Mitchell Intl.

- NDB 242.00 Teels/ GM Lctr to RWY 07R

KMKG

Muskegon

The designator is listed as MKG

KMRY

Monterey-Carmel Peninsula

The designator is listed as MRY

Apart from the listed system:

- LOC-DME 110.75 278 to RWY 28L

KNGZ

NAS Alameda/ Nimitz Fd. CA

Alt 10 ft

Dep RWY 31

Approx. 6 nm NW of Oakland VOR

RWY 07/25 073/253 no lights

RWY 13/31 132/312 no lights

- VOR-DME 116.80 Oakland/ OAK 5.5 nm 110 fm field
TAWOG

KNZY

NAS North Island CA

Alt 20 ft

Dep RWY 27

Approx. 1 nm S of San Diego Intl.

RWY 11/29 108/288 no lights

RWY 18/36 182/002 no lights

- VOR-DME 117.80 Mission Bay/ MZB 5.3 nm 338 fm field
TAWOG

KPAE

Everett Snohomish Co.

Apart from the listed system:

- ILS 109.35 339 to RWY 34L

KPDX

Portland Intl. OR

Apart from the listed systems:

- LOC-DME 108.90 205 to RWY 20

KPHL

Philadelphia Intl. PA

Apart from the listed systems:

- ILS-DME 109.35 265 to RWY 27R

KPIT

Pittsburgh Intl. PA

Apart from the listed systems:

- ILS 108.95 279 to RWY 28L

- ILS 111.35 143 to RWY 14

- ILS 111.75 099 to RWY 10L

KPWM

Portland Maine Intl.

There is no approach chart for this facility.

- ILS-DME 109.90 292 to RWY 29

- NDB 394.00 Orham/ PW Lctr to RWY 11

KRIV

Riverside/ March AFB CA

Alt 1530 ft

Dep RWY 31

Approx. 13 nm E of Paradise VOR

RWY 13/31 135/315 approx. 2.0 nm lights

- ILS 110.10 315 to RWY 31

- VOR-DME 113.00 March/ RIV 2.0 321 fm field

12.7 nm 087 fm PDZ VOR

KRME

Rome/ Griffiss AFB NY

Alt 500 ft

Dep RWY 15

Approx. 35 nm ENE of Syracuse/ SYR VOR

Approx. 5 nm NNW of Utica-Oneida Co.

RWY 15/33 147/327

- ILS 109.10 147 to RWY 15

- ILS 110.10 327 to RWY 33

KSAN

San Diego Intl.

The approach chart for RWY 27 lists 110.90 as the LOC
frequency.

This must be:

- ILS-DME 110.90 092 to RWY 09

- LOC-DME 110.95 272 to RWY 27

KSEA

Seattle Tacoma Intl.

Apart from the listed systems:

- ILS 110.35 158 to RWY 16L

- ILS-DME 110.75 338 to RWY 34L

KSMF

Sacramento Metro

Apart from the listed system:

- ILS-DME 111.15 164 to RWY 16R

KSUU

Fairfield/ Travis AFB CA

Alt 60 ft

Dep RWY 21R

Approx. 16 nm SW of Sacramento VOR

RWY 03L/21R 031/211 approx. 2.0 nm no lights

RWY 03R/21L 031/211 approx. 2.0 nm lights

- ILS 110.10 211 to RWY 21L

- VOR-DME 116.40 Travis/ TZZ +/- 7.0 nm 031 fm field
(added DME)

KTCM

McChord AFB WA

Alt 320 ft

Dep RWY 34

Approx. 20 nm SSW of Seattle VOR

RWY 16/34 160/340 approx. 1.7 nm lights

- ILS 108.50 340 to RWY 34

- ILS 109.90 160 to RWY 16

- VOR-DME 109.60 McChord/ TCM at field TAWOG

KTND

NAS Point Mugu CA

Alt 10 ft

Dep RWY 03

Note: The designator in reality is KNTD

Approx. 35 nm WNW of Los Angeles/ LAX VOR

RWY 03/21 030/210 1.8 nm lights

RWY 09/27 092/272 1.0 nm no lights

- ILS-DME 109.30 210 to RWY 21

- VOR-DME 108.20 Ventura/ VTU 3.1 nm 081 fm field
TAWOG

KWRI

Wrightstown/ McGuire AFB NJ

Alt 130 ft

Dep RWY 24

Approx. 16 nm NMW of Coyle/ CYN VOR

RWY 06/24 058/238

- ILS 110.10 058 to RWY 06

- VOR-DME 110.60 McGuire/ GXU at field

KYKM

Yakima WA

Apart from the listed system:

- ILS 110.15 089 to RWY 09

LGB

Long Beach

The designator is listed as KLGB

LMT

Klamath Falls

The designator is listed as KLMT

MER

Merced/ Castle AFB CA

Alt 180 ft

Dep RWY 13

Approx. 12 nm NW of El Nido VOR

RWY 13/31 126/306 lights

- ILS 109.50 306 to RWY 31

MHR

Sacramento/ Mather AFB CA

Alt 90 ft

Dep RWY 22L

Approx. 12.5 nm NNE of Sacramento VOR

RWY 04L/22R 037/217 approx. 0.8 nm no lights

RWY 04R/22L 037/217 approx. 1.9 nm lights

- ILS 110.70 217 to RWY 22L

- VOR-DME 113.40 Mather/ MHR at field

MWH

Moses Lake Grant Co. WA

Apart from the listed system:

- ILS-DME 109.55 142 to RWY 14L

NID

NAWS China Lake/ Armitage Fld. CA

Alt 2280 ft

Dep RWY 32

Var 15 E

Approx. 78 nm NNE of Palmdale VOR

RWY 03/21 028/208 approx. 1.8 nm no lights

RWY 08/26 076/256 approx. 1.5 nm no lights

RWY 14/32 139/319 approx. 1.6 nm no lights

- VOR-DME 111.60 China Lake/ NID at field

- NDB 348.00 China Lake/ NID at field Range 60 nm

42.2 nm 348 fm Edwards/ EDW VOR

OSC

Oscoda/ Wurtsmith AFB MI

Alt 634 ft

Dep RWY 06

N 44.27 - W 83.23

RWY 06/24 064/244 11801 ft approx. 2.0 nm

- ILS 108.50 244 to RWY 24

- ILS 109.50 064 to RWY 06

- VOR-DME 116.10 Au Sable/ ASP at field

ONT

Ontario Intl.

Apart from the listed system:

- ILS 109.75 076 to RWY 08R

PSP

Palm Springs

The designator is listed as KPSP

SAW

Gwinn-Marquette/ K.I. Sawyer AFB MI

Alt 1220 ft

Dep RWY 01

Approx. 15 nm SE of Marquette/ MQT VOR

RWY 01/19 012/192 approx. 2.1 nm

- ILS 109.90 012 to RWY 01

- VOR-DME 116.30 K.I.Sawyer/ SAW at field

SBA

Santa Barbara

The designator is listed as KSBA

SBD

San Bernardino Intl.

Alt 1150 ft

Dep RWY 24

Approx. 17 nm NE of Paradise VOR

RWY 06/24 056/236 1.8 nm lights

- ILS-DME 109.30 056 to RWY 06

17.3 nm 038 fm Paradise/ PDZ VOR

STE

Stevens Point Mun. WI

Alt 1110 ft

Dep RWY

N 44.33 - W 89.32

Approx. 18 nm SSE of Wausau/ AUW VOR

RWY 03/21 029/209 6028 ft

RWY 12/30 119/299 3642 ft

- VOR-DME 110.60 Stevens Point/ STE at field

VBG

Lompoc/ Vandenberg AFB CA

Alt 360 ft

Dep RWY 30

Approx. 40 nm NW of San Marcus VOR

Approx. 32 nm SSE of Morro Bay VOR, 26 nm NW of
Gavioto VOR

RWY 12/30 122/302 approx. 2.5 nm lights

- ILS 110.10 122 to RWY 12

- VOR-DME 112.25 Vandenberg/ VBG at field

XBOS

Boston Logan Intl.

on RWY 22R

XBWI

Baltimore-Washington Intl.

on RWY 15L

XCLE

Cleveland-Hopkins Intl.

on RWY 36

XDTW

Detroit Metro Wayne Co.

on RWY 21C

XEWR

Newark Intl.

on RWY 04L (taxiway B/D)

XIAD

Washington-Dulles Intl.

on RWY 01L (taxiway W1/N, on the ARP)

XIND

Indianapolis Intl.

on RWY 32 (taxiway B/B6, MM RWY 23L)

XJFK

New York JFK Intl.

on RWY 04R

XLAS

Las Vegas McCarran Intl.

on RWY 01L

XLAX

Los Angeles Intl.

on RWY 24R

XLGB

Long Beach

on RWY 25L

XMDW

Chicago Midway

on RWY 04L

XMKE

Milwaukee Gen. Mitchell Intl.

on RWY 01R

XMWH

Moses Lake/Grant Co.

on RWY 03 (taxiway B)

XOAK

Oakland Metro Intl.

on RWY 27R

XORD

Chicago O'Hare Intl.

on RWY 27R

XOSH

Oshkosh Wittman Regl.

on RWY 31

XPAE

Everett Snohomish Co.

on RWY 16R (taxiway A1)

XPHL

Philadelphia Intl.

on RWY 09L (taxiway B)

XPIT

Pittsburg Intl.

on RWY 28C

XSEA

Seattle/ Tacoma Intl.

on RWY 34R (taxiway B/R)

XSFO

San Francisco Intl.

on RWY 01R

XYIP

Detroit-Willow Run

on RWY 05L

Navigation aids
not listed:

Deschutes

DSD

VOR-DME

117.60

N 44.15.2 - W 121.18.2

Range 240 nm

listed as Redmond/ RDM

St. Catharines (?)

SN

NDB

408.00

N 43.10 - W 079.12

Range 60 nm

West of Niagara Falls Intl.

Vancouver

VR

NDB

266.00

Lctr to CYVR RWY 26

Range 80 nm

WC

NDB

332.00

N 48.59 - W 122.42

Range 80 nm

19.0 nm 084 fm YVR VOR

8.3 nm 269 fm BLI VOR

AP

NDB

378.00

N 48.55 - W 123.25

Range 80 nm

13.7 nm 187 fm YVR VOR

12.6 nm 024 fm YYJ VOR

32.9 nm 242 fm BLI VOR

Note: The last
mentioned NDB is not active in the program because of a
programmer's mistake. Load the west coast
"NAVSITES.FIL" into a binary editor and look
for the last lines, find the string "...AP
N..." between the binary characters. Replace this by
"...AP NN...", note this must be AP followed by
four spaces, then NN. Because the original file has five
spaces behind AP and one N missing, the facility isn't
recognized as an NDB by the program!

Note that several
designators are NOT what they are shown in the manual,
for example Arcata-Eureka is shown as KACV, but this one
isn't recognized by the program, as the designator in the
program file is ACV. Another one is Monterey/ Carmel
Peninsula, this one is listed as MRY but must be fed in
as KMRY. Furthermore there are several airports where you
can feed in an additional designator (KLAX/XLAX,
LGB/XLGB) to depart from another runway. Normally you'll
always leave from the same runway, at KLAS that's RWY
25R. By feeding the flightplan designator XLAS, you'll be
leaving from RWY 01L (note this is a very short one!).
These designators won't always put you exactly on the
threshold to a runway, sometimes you're on the platform
near a taxiway to this runway. I haven't found out yet
whether the "duty" option also generates Xxxx
designators or not.

Input to VOR/ ADF
receivers can be done by clicking the receiver and using
the keyboard (not the keypad) for the frequency. Input
form is "1-2-3-4-5-RETURN" for 123.45 in MHz or
kHz.

When flying within
range of an ILS transmitter, the receiver will turn to
indicate 000.00 upon flying out of range, therefore the
receiver must be retuned to the channel before it can be
used again.

The west and east
coast sceneries operate as "stand-alone"
systems, thus no overflights are possible. You simply fly
"out of scenery"...

The [L] on Atari
systems selects different sound options:

Default = digital stereo

First time [L] = digital mono

Second time [L] = chip sound
(like in A320 Europe, sounds terrible!)

When your EFCS is
switched off, you can use the cursor up/ down keys for
elevator trim. Note this won't work with the EFCS
switched on, you can only use the mouse or a joystick for
that purpose then!

In training mode,
when refueling using the fuel update button, you can load
up to the MTOW, so with an empty plane you can load as
much as 33700 kgs (enough to fly for about 20 hrs at
FL390 or travel around 7200 nm).

On several
occasions the program crashed (hung up) on finals to the
destination AP. Beware! Solution is creating back-up logs
after each flight. At the moment it looks like it has to
do with the new stereo sound setting. It doesn't happen
when sound is set to the old fashioned chip sound. Do
this when you're on finals. The crashes always happened
when one of the MM or OM beacons were passed.

When an engine is
revving up at the start, don't hit the "stop
engine" key before it's idling. You'll loose the
engine for the rest of the flight.

Compared to the
Europe version, there is a difference in operating the
reverse thrust: Upon disengaging the reverse thrust, the
reversing cowls will retract first, before the power is
decreased. As a result the speed starts to increase
again! You can avoid this by hitting the brakes, or
decrease thrust with the [2] button, then retracting the
cowls by hitting the "decimal-key", whereafter
you can taxi to a platform, before coming to a full-stop
on the runway.

Improved
flight-physics give a max. speed of 500 kts TAS on all
levels, making it possible to cruise at M .80 or over
with a full payload, whereas it's now possible to climb
from FL300 to FL390 at 1500 fpm or more. Great job, Mr.
Bopf! On low levels the EFCS will go crazy when you keep
on thrusting 100 %, as soon as the pitch goes negative
it'll start complaining. Hit [Delete], next hit [5] on
the numeric keypad and keep on flying. The Airbus won't
fall apart, but 500 kts at low-level is a bit
high...

Well, so much for
all those versions, but who wants to fly the old
Airbus-with-bad-performance when you've got this A-321
upgrade type? Then again, flying in Europe wasn't that
bad, wasn't it? Got a filled-up harddisk, too? Heck, I've
yet another solution that eliminates all the bad stuff
and leaves all the goodies... Here's the trick:

Create a new folder
"AIRBUS.ALL" on your disk. Copy all the folders and
files from AIRBUS.USA into this one. Also create a folder
"EUROPE.SCE" in it, and fill that one with
"AIRFIELD.FIL", "NAVSITES.FIL",
"RIVERS.FIL", "SEAS.FIL" and
"TOWNS.FIL" from your old Airbus Europe
"IMG" folder. Also copy "EXCLUDES.FIL"
and "SCENERY.LST" from the USA
"USWESTCS.SCE" folder into "EUROPE.SCE".
Finally, edit "SCENERY.LST" (in
"EUROPE.SCE") in a binary editor and change the
words US WESTCOAST SCENERY into EUROPE SCENERY. Leave the
other characters at the end! Next, start up your Airbus
program and you'll have the choice to fly in the US Northeast
Coast, US West Coast or Europe. The Europe version now has
the same machine you're flying in the USA, don't forget to
copy old logs and simply wipe out the old files on your disk,
they're no longer needed. Who said life was a sucker?

OK, let's face the
truth: Your scenery in Europe is no longer what it should be.
All the airports are there, so are the VORs and NDBs and ILS
systems, but you'll discover that Rotterdam Airport lies in
the middle of a sea (or is it an ocean? I think the Rhine has
flooded Rotterdam completely, but the airport is nicely
floating around)... Maybe Ronne is no longer on Bornholm but
somewhere in a desert, who knows? You probably have lost the
Rhine, Thames and Loire as well and maybe you got the Volga
or Yellow River back for it... Have a look for Paris and
please report to me when and where you found it (listen
wiseguy, I didn't mean the airports, right?).